Native food and botanicals cultural careers expo
22nd and 23rd August
Tauondi Aboriginal College South Australia
Join us at Tauondi Aboriginal College to celebrate and explore Culture + careers with native foods and botanicals
Native food and botanicals cultural careers expo
Hosted by Food Futures Company, EM-power Foundation and Tauondi Aboriginal College.
We are thrilled to announce the Native food and botanicals cultural career expo! This free, two-day event is an opportunity for First Nations women and girls, in South Australia, to come together to explore cultural knowledge and practices associated with native food and botanicals and ways to lead development and innovation within the native agri+food sector.
Event Details
School stream:
This stream is designed for First Nations young women in secondary schools and spans two days, from 22nd August to 23rd August. It offers a comprehensive experience, connecting students with cultural leaders, educational partners, and First Nations led businesses in the native agri+food sector.
Workshops for First Nations women:
Focused on connecting culture and careers, these workshops are exclusively for First Nations women and takes place on the first day of the event, Thursday 22nd August. Participants will engage with community leaders throughout the day to explore connecting culture to career via opportunities with native food and botanicals within the native agri+food sector.
Join us for this inspiring gathering to connect, learn and lead in the world of native food and botanicals.
This program has been partially funded by the Australian Government and the Government of South Australia
Program Overview
Thursday 22nd August
Day one:
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School stream: Connect to culture
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Workshops for First Nations women: Culture + careers with native foods and botanicals
08:30am - 09:15am
Day 1: School stream and workshops for First Nations women
Arrival and registrations
09:30am - 10:00am
Welcome and introductions
Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony.
10:00am - 11:00am
School Stream
Parellel, interactive workshops and yarning circles exploring: Traditional knowledge about bush foods and medicines; culture and identity; identifying and foraging native plants on Country.
10:00am - 11:00am
Workshops for First Nations women
Journeying between and within, exploring culture + career. Meet and connect with First Nations women to share stories and explore culture +career via native plants and food.
11:00am - 11:20am
Morning tea
- Native agri+food career+cultural expo
- Day 1, Seek and find challenge.
11:30am - 12:30pm
School Stream
Parellel, interactive workshops and yarning circles exploring: Traditional knowledge about bush foods and medicines; culture and identity; identifying and foraging native plants on Country.
11:30am - 12:30pm
Workshops for First Nations women
Interactive workshops and yarning circles with to identify and gather aspirations and inspirations about working with cultural knowledge of native food and botanicals within or beyond current career journeys.
12:30pm - 01:30pm
Lunch
- Native agri+food career+cultural expo
- Day 1, Seek and find challenge.
01:30pm - 02:30pm
School Stream
Parellel, interactive workshops and yarning circles exploring: Traditional knowledge about bush foods and medicines; culture and identity; identifying and foraging native plants on Country.
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Workshops for First Nations women
Curiosity, culture and career: Yarn with First Nations researchers about approaches to research within native food and botanicals that support culture+ career journeys.
02:30pm
School stream departs
02:30pm - 02:45pm
Break and reflection with native tea blend
02:45pm - 03:45pm
Workshops for First Nations women
Reflect on day, identify learning/coaching/development needs to support your aspirations/curiosities and inspiration for leading within the native food and botanicals sector.
03:45pm - 04:00pm
Close of day, acknowledgements and feedforward evaluations.
Friday 23rd August
Day two:
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School stream: Connect to culture
08:30am - 09:15am
Day two: Seek and find: native food and botanicals pathway challenge collection.
Arrival and registrations
09:30am - 10:00am
Keynote speaker and Q&A
Tiahni Adamson, Young Australian of the Year, South Australia
10:00am - 11:00am
Cultural stream parallel session 1.
Parellel, interactive, hands on workshops and yarning circles exploring career journeys within native agri+food and botanicals with First Nations leaders working in the native agri+food industry, post secondary education and STEM. Includes workshops on: Propogating and growing native plants; creating innovative products with native foods; a career journey to working with native plants and foods ; career development skills; exploring the STEM of native plants and food.
11:00am - 11:20am
Morning tea
- Native agri+food career+cultural expo
- Yarn with Tiahni Adamson
- Day 2, Seek and find challenge.
11:30am - 12:30pm
Parellel, interactive, hands on workshops and yarning circles exploring career journeys within native agri+food and botanicals with First Nations leaders working in the native agri+food industry, post secondary education and STEM. Includes workshops on: Propogating and growing native plants; creating innovative products with native foods; a career journey to working with native plants and foods ; career development skills; exploring the STEM of native plants and food.
Cultural stream parallel session 2.
12:30pm - 01:30pm
Lunch
- Native agri+food career+cultural expo
- Day 2, Seek and find challenge.
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Cultural stream parallel session 3.
Parellel, interactive, hands on workshops and yarning circles exploring career journeys within native agri+food and botanicals with First Nations leaders working in the native agri+food industry, post secondary education and STEM. Includes workshops on: Propogating and growing native plants; creating innovative products with native foods; a career journey to working with native plants and foods ; career development skills; exploring the STEM of native plants and food.
02:30pm - 02:45pm
Program finish
Closing - evaluations, departure.
Expression of interest - school stream
Native food and botanicals cultural careers expo - school stream
When
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22 and 23 Aug 2024, 8:30am - 2:30pm ACST
Where
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Tauondi Aboriginal College
1 Lipson St, Port Adelaide SA 5015, Australia
Event registrations - workshops for First Nations women
